The Resource Far from the tree, Robin Benway
Far from the tree, Robin Benway
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The item Far from the tree, Robin Benway represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Far from the tree, Robin Benway represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
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- The "interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms--how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it"--
- Grace, adopted at birth, is raised as an old child. At sixteen she's just put her own baby up for adoption, and now is looking for her biological family. She discovers Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio twin sister who was also adopted ; and Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother after seventeen years in the foster care system. Grace struggles to between cautious joy at having found them, and the true meaning of family in all its forms
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062330628
- Label
- Far from the tree
- Title
- Far from the tree
- Statement of responsibility
- Robin Benway
- Subject
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- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings
- Identity -- Fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueLove
- trueOnly child
- trueSecrets
- trueSelf-discovery
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- trueTeenage pregnancy
- trueTeenagers
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Pregnancy
- Young adult fiction
- Adopted children
- trueAdopted children
- Adopted children -- Fiction
- Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAdoption
- trueBonding (Interpersonal relations)
- Brothers and sisters
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Fiction
- trueFoster care
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- The "interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms--how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it"--
- Grace, adopted at birth, is raised as an old child. At sixteen she's just put her own baby up for adoption, and now is looking for her biological family. She discovers Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio twin sister who was also adopted ; and Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother after seventeen years in the foster care system. Grace struggles to between cautious joy at having found them, and the true meaning of family in all its forms
- Award
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- National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2017.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018.
- Rainbow List, 2018.
- Assigning source
- Amazon
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10576242
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Benway, Robin
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- HL780L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 8
- 12
- Reading level
- 5.1
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Adopted children
- Brothers and sisters
- Families
- Teenage mothers
- Identity (Psychology)
- Adopted children
- Brothers and sisters
- Family life
- Identity
- Adopted children
- Brothers and sisters
- Families
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Pregnancy
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Far from the tree, Robin Benway
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1882011
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062330628
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780062330628
- (OCoLC)968772470
- Label
- Far from the tree, Robin Benway
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1882011
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 374 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062330628
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780062330628
- (OCoLC)968772470
Subject
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Siblings
- Identity -- Fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueLove
- trueOnly child
- trueSecrets
- trueSelf-discovery
- Teenage mothers -- Fiction
- trueTeenage pregnancy
- trueTeenagers
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Adoption
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Pregnancy
- Young adult fiction
- Adopted children
- trueAdopted children
- Adopted children -- Fiction
- Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAdoption
- trueBonding (Interpersonal relations)
- Brothers and sisters
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamilies
- Families
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Fiction
- trueFoster care
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
Genre
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- trueYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2018
- trueRainbow List: 2018
- trueNational Book Awards: Young People's Literature
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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